Sen. George McLean

Former Senator for Connecticut

McLean was a senator from Connecticut and was a Republican. He served from 1923 to 1929.

He was previously a senator from Connecticut as a Republican from 1911 to 1923.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. George McLean [R-CT, 1923-1929]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From May 1911 to Mar 1929, McLean missed 1,430 of 3,577 roll call votes, which is 40.0%. This is much worse than the median of 21.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1929. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1911 May-Aug	94	47	50.0%	92^nd
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	2	5.7%	8^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	32	30.5%	71^st
1912 Aug-Aug	51	10	19.6%	57^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	34	30.6%	56^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	16	42.1%	89^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	26	23.9%	63^rd
1913 Dec-Dec	1	1	100.0%	74^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	25	42.4%	89^th
1914 Mar-May	58	41	70.7%	89^th
1914 Jun-Aug	121	90	74.4%	84^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	23	35.9%	63^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	59	50.4%	84^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	74^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	7	17.5%	53^rd
1916 Mar-May	106	64	60.4%	89^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	52	59.1%	95^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	9	69.2%	84^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	78	49.1%	90^th
1917 Apr-Jun	63	17	27.0%	86^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	70	68.0%	93^rd
1917 Oct-Oct	11	11	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	5	14.7%	48^th
1918 Mar-May	54	33	61.1%	93^rd
1918 Jun-Aug	42	34	81.0%	93^rd
1918 Sep-Nov	20	16	80.0%	93^rd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	34	61.8%	93^rd
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	14	45.2%	95^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	11	35.5%	84^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	9	11.2%	70^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	28	50.0%	74^th
1920 Mar-May	103	39	37.9%	84^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	9	47.4%	74^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	29	33.3%	73^rd
1921 Apr-Jun	66	28	42.4%	89^th
1921 Jul-Sep	40	25	62.5%	77^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	41	45.6%	79^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	15	37.5%	65^th
1922 Mar-May	199	38	19.1%	24^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	36	16.7%	29^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	1	6.7%	12^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	5	38.5%	67^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	26	36.1%	65^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	65^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	18	33.3%	45^th
1924 Mar-May	86	17	19.8%	64^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	2	11.1%	53^rd
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	21	27.3%	81^st
1926 Jan-Feb	59	12	20.3%	60^th
1926 Mar-May	51	16	31.4%	74^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	27	71.1%	91^st
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	24	31.2%	81^st
1925 Mar-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	38	30.4%	73^rd
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	59	89.4%	96^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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Missed Votes

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